In Total Recall, Kotaku's feature where it takes a look back at the history of video games, there's an article about Westwood Studios, the never-forgotten creators of C&C and the whole RTS genre. The article takes a look at Westwood Studios origins and the games it was famous for.

Of all the studios Electronic Arts has bought over the decades, few were as talented or important to the history of video games as Westwood Studios.

Yet despite essentially pioneering the real-time strategy genre as we know it, creating one of the most popular franchises of all time and doing not one, not two, but three excellent movie adaptations, Westwood no longer exists.

Popcap, when you're done counting your money, you may want to bear that in mind.

Kane Nash is on a roll! He sent in another wallpaper for our collection. This in fact is a remake of his Kirov MK2 art piece, Photoshopped with more details, more effects, and a background. Download it below; if this size doesn't fit your screen, there are others at Deviant Art.

SCUD Storm has been updated with a brand new screenshot from this mod which turns Generals into a 3D FPS shooter. The screenshot shows how HUD style switches to the GLA HUD as long as the player is inside a GLA vehicle.

After months without news, a new update has been posted at Tiberian Genesis, the home of this C&C-based mod for Crysis. The update includes pictures of two new models, the Vulcan Cannon and the Assault Rifle. Check them out below:

Obviously someone up there thinks that C&C3 was the best game out of the last three major games we've had, hence the reason it's commanding that extra $2. I can't say I disagree with them, but $4 for RA3 is quite a steal and RA3: Uprising is pretty enjoyable, too.

Nyerguds has made another achievement in his C&C unofficial patch v1.06. He has implemented a feature that allows map makers to limit the amount of players on maps. This was done fo fix a problem where the game always generated six start positions and then randomly distributed the players over it, which meant that if there were less than six start locations set in the map, the game would use random data left behind in memory as start locations.

There's a new video up at Generals Zero Hour: Enhanced showing off effects when a helicopter passing through water to create waves. The particle effects are not optimized, but it looks good already. Take a look:

Vietnam: Glory Obscured has announced a new tournament in light of the recent Hydra release. The tournament will feature the different game play types available in the Hydra Release including Bombardment and King of the Hill. The team has also released several new screenshots showing some nice particle effects from the upcoming 2.1 patch:

The development team working on the Kane's Wrath Reloaded mod for C&C 3 celebrates the completion of the Zocom faction by releasing several new screenshots. On the screenshot below you can see all of Zocom's units: